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Fallout from nuclear tests continues

19 Jun 1998

Results from seismic stations surrounding India and Pakistan have raised a number of scientific questions related to monitoring the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). According to the US Geological Survey, only one nuclear explosion registered in India on the 11 May, and none on the 13 May. Meanwhile, in the UK, the future of Britain's main expertise in seismic monitoring appears to be under threat, while CERN, the European particle physics laboratory, has dropped discussions on India's observer status.

Under the CTBT, a network of seismic stations around the world is being set up to monitor the

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